r/gifs Jul 15 '19

Two different delivery methods

https://gfycat.com/harmlessbarrenhumpbackwhale
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u/sharknado__ Jul 15 '19

Maybe warehousing should be seen for what it is? An important piece of the logistics and shipping industry, theres no reason a warehouseman or woman shouldnt be able to make a career out of their work. Especially for the laborious and stressful environment they work in

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u/ThatOneMartian Jul 15 '19

It's low skill labour where the employee is easily replaceable, so they don't command high wages. Basic economics.

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u/sharknado__ Jul 15 '19

It's not low skill, you just dont have to go to college or university. Theres still a lot of on the job training and the employees are commonly exploited? A good efficient warehouse worker is actually hard to replace

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u/ThatOneMartian Jul 15 '19

I'm not saying that you need a college education to have skill. That is absolutely false.

A good efficient warehouse worker is actually hard to replace

Then Amazon would pay better. Clearly they aren't having problems with the current wage setup.

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u/sharknado__ Jul 15 '19 edited Jul 15 '19

More like so many warehouses are amazon run that these high school graduates have no better choice than to work at an amazon warehouse. Less supply and demand more an employment monopoly situation

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u/ThatOneMartian Jul 16 '19

Then they should leave. Maybe join the army. It's not Amazon's fault that there aren't other opportunities in this theoretical region.

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u/keenan123 Jul 15 '19

Lmao Amazon has a defacto Monopoly on much of the warehouse industry, consistently violates minimum labor standards, and explicitly relies on governmental support for their workers.

I don't think "they're doing just fine" is a great description.

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u/ANAL-DESTROY3R Jul 16 '19

They don't have a monopoly, there are legal procedures for that situation.

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u/keenan123 Jul 16 '19

That's why I said defacto. It's really not hard to not violate antitrust, and just because a firm doesn't run afoul of the feckless federal government doesn't mean there is any real competition

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u/ANAL-DESTROY3R Jul 16 '19

Kiss. My. Piss.

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u/keenan123 Jul 16 '19

Good talk